Meanings
comparative more rebellious · superlative most rebellious · alternative archaic rebellous
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveresisting control or authority
adjectivediscontented as toward authority
adjectiveparticipating in organized resistance to a constituted government
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishrebellious
- Englishrebellious
From Middle English rebellious; equivalent to rebel + -ious.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic عَاصٍ
- عَاصٍ (ʕāṣin)showing rebellion
Bulgarian бунтовнически, непокорен
- бунтовнически (buntovničeski)showing rebellion
- непокорен (nepokoren)showing rebellion
Catalan rebel
- rebelshowing rebellion
Chinese Mandarin 叛逆的, 造反的
- 叛逆的showing rebellion
- 造反的showing rebellion
- 反抗的showing rebellion
Dutch opstandig, weerbarstig
- opstandigshowing rebellion
- weerbarstigshowing rebellion
Esperanto ribelema, ribela
- ribelemashowing rebellion
- ribelashowing rebellion
Finnish kapinallinen, kapinoiva
- kapinallinenshowing rebellion
- kapinoivashowing rebellion
French rebelle, rétif
- rebelleshowing rebellion
- rétifshowing rebellion
German aufsässig, rebellisch
- aufsässigshowing rebellion
- rebellischshowing rebellion
Greek ανυπότακτος
- ανυπότακτος (anypótaktos)showing rebellion
Hungarian lázadó, zendülő
- lázadóshowing rebellion
- zendülőshowing rebellion
- ellenszegülőshowing rebellion
- engedetlenshowing rebellion
- rebellisshowing rebellion
Irish easumhal
- easumhalshowing rebellion
Italian ribelle
- ribelleshowing rebellion
Japanese 反抗的な
- 反抗的な (hankōteki na)showing rebellion
Korean 반항적인
- 반항적인 (banhangjeogin)showing rebellion
Latin rebellis
- rebellisshowing rebellion
Polish buntowniczy, niesforny
- buntowniczyshowing rebellion
- niesfornyshowing rebellion
Portuguese rebelde
- rebeldeshowing rebellion
Russian мяте́жный, повста́нческий
- мяте́жный (mjatéžnyj)showing rebellion
- повста́нческий (povstánčeskij)showing rebellion
- бунту́ющий (buntújuščij)showing rebellion
- бунта́рский (buntárskij)showing rebellion
Spanish rebelde, levantisco
- rebeldeshowing rebellion
- levantiscoshowing rebellion
- contestatarioshowing rebellion
Swedish rebellisk
- rebelliskshowing rebellion
Turkish asi
- asishowing rebellion
Urdu عاصی
- عاصی ('āsī)showing rebellion
Welsh gwrthryfelgar
- gwrthryfelgarshowing rebellion
Cite this entry
rebellious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebellious
“rebellious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebellious. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rebellious,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebellious.
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